In 2015, a Special Race Season
![Deb and Rolland Trowbridge and Tara Cicatello, departing Nome for Bethel to compete in the Kuskokwim 300, a mid-distance sled dog race in southwestern Alaska.](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2015-01-13-rolland-and-tara-pre-k300-003-2432px-1200x800.jpg)
In Western Alaska, it’s race season: the time for the sled dog races that so inspire and excite our region. This year’s races are a special source of pride for our mission, since KNOMers are involved in the races both as reporters and as competitors.
Almost Ready to Move In
![Matt, Francesca, and Jenn in the new studios](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2015-01-15-newsies-in-dig-studio-009-2432px-1200x800.jpg)
From floor to ceiling, our new, under-construction digital studios continue to show progress.
A Few New Snapshots of KNOM
![KNOM on Instagram](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2015-01-02-misc-static-3-001-2432px-1200x800.jpg)
We’re excited to be sharing the work and daily rhythms of our mission in a new way: via the photo-sharing social network Instagram.
All About the Data
![Francesca and Jenn in Anchorage](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2015-01-10-misc-static-from-jenn-2-011-2432px-1200x798.jpg)
KNOM was the proud recipient, late last year, of an all-expenses-paid fellowship from the Alaska Press Club for a week of training in Anchorage. Attending these special sessions were news volunteers Francesca and Jenn.
To Fairbanks for an Ordination
![The proclamation for Bishop Zielinski's ordination](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2014-12-15-misc-static-from-jenn-2-004-2432px-1200x798.jpg)
We’re excited to share that volunteer news reporter Jenn Ruckel was on-location in Fairbanks late last year for the ordination of the new bishop for our diocese.
Turning 100? It Feels… “Good”
![Elim’s Eliza Katongan](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2015-01-08-elim-eliza-katongan-100th-bd-003-2432px-1200x795.jpg)
In January, volunteers Kristin Leffler and Courtney Cousins went to Elim, Alaska, for a very special community gathering: elder Eliza Katongan’s 100th birthday party.